McCain plays on
iPhone during hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes senators need a diversion from
even the weightiest of topics. For Sen.
John McCain during Tuesday’s hearing
on Syria, it was a game on his iPhone.
The Washington Post posted a
picture taken during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing
and reported that it shows the Arizona
Republican playing poker on his phone.
Only his hands and iPhone were visible.
Shortly afterward, McCain came
clean in a sarcastic tweet posted on his
Twitter account that began with the
word, “Scandal!”
McCain wrote that he’d been caught
playing on his phone during a hearing
that, he quickly pointed out, exceeded
three hours.
The senator added, “Worst of all,
I lost!”

Whooping cough
cases climb in Texas
DALLAS (AP) — The number of
people sick with whooping cough in
Texas is on track to reach the highest
level in more than 50 years, state health
officials said Tuesday.
“It’s a big concern, particularly because of the impact it can have on young
children,” said Chris Van Deusen, a
spokesman for the Texas Department of
State Health Services.
Two infants — both too young to be
vaccinated — have died from whooping
cough this year in Texas. Six people in
the state died from the illness last year.
The state health department is urging people to get vaccinated against the
highly contagious bacterial infection
that causes a severe cough. There have
been almost 2,000 cases reported so far
this year, with the annual total likely to
surpass the recent high of 3,358 cases
in 2009.
Whooping cough, or pertussis, often
begins with cold-like symptoms and a
mild cough. After a week or so, a severe
cough can develop that lasts for several
weeks.

The first 2013 case of West Nile virus
in Lubbock County was confirmed Tuesday
by the city of Lubbock Health Department.
According to a news release by public
health coordinator Beckie Brawley, the
health department recommends taking steps
to prevent infection and to protect homes
from the mosquito-borne virus.
According to the release, people should
avoid being outside near dawn and dusk and
wear protective clothing, such as long pants
and sleeves. Additionally, people should

The summer months brought not only
high temperatures in the forecasts, but also
in the courtrooms for many gay activists.
The Gay-Rights Movement experienced many changes this summer including the Boy Scouts of America allowing
gay scouts, the Supreme Court striking
down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage
Act, which denied federal recognition of
gay marriage, and most recently, Russia
passing an anti-gay law that has caused
backlash from many people including
celebrities.
The law Russia passed prohibits any
promotion of gay rights in public.
According to an Associated Press
article, the law imposes fines of up to
$31,000 for providing information about
the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
community to minors, hosting gay pride
events, speaking in defense of gay rights
and equating gay and heterosexual relationships.
Russian officials stated they will enforce the anti-gay law during the 2014
Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, according to the article.
Many athletes and stars, including
Lady Gaga, have given their opinions on
Russia’s decision through social media.
In August, Gaga released a statement on
Twitter.
“The Russian government is criminal.
Oppression will be met with revolution.
Russian LGBTs you are not alone. We will
fight for your freedom,” Gaga tweeted.
Others, such as actor Wentworth
Miller, have expressed their opinions in
different ways.
Miller recently denied participation in
a Russian film festival because he disagreed
with the country’s standpoint, according
to the AP article.
Miller responded to his invitation with
a letter to the festival’s organizers that he
was troubled by Russian officials’ attitude
toward the gay rights of their citizens.
Athletes competing in the games have
mostly kept silent on the matter, but a few
statements were made by Zach Parisi, David Backes and U.S. hockey official Brian
Burke who expressed disappointment in
Russia’s new law.
In June, a Russian court decision came
to a conclusion as the Supreme Court
decided parts of DOMA were unconstitutional and allowed for federal recognition
of gay marriage.
This decision, while allowing federal
recognition of gay marriage, allows state
governments to continue to deny gay
couples recognition if they so choose.
According to a New York Times article,
Justice Anthony Kennedy said it was
important for DOMA to fail in order for
same-sex couples to have the same dignity
other couples have in the nation.
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avoid wearing perfume and apply repellent
to exposed skin as well as clothing.
To protect homes, the health department
is advising Lubbock residents to keep grass
mowed, empty or change any standing water
and utilize screen doors and windows to keep
mosquitos outdoors, according to the release.
A total of 31 human cases have been
confirmed in Texas this year, according to
the Department of State Health Services
website.
In 2012, Lubbock County had a total of

17 cases, according to the website.
Two forms of West Nile virus exist: West
Nile neuroinvasive disease, which is more
severe, and West Nile Fever, the less-severe
form of the disease, according to the DSHS
website.
In Lubbock County, only a case of fever
has been reported and confirmed, according
to the release.
West Nile fever symptoms include head
and body aches, nausea, swollen lymph
nodes and skin rashes, according to the re-

lease. For a severe infection of neuroinvasive
disease, symptoms range from neck stiffness
and disorientation to coma and paralysis.
Symptoms may develop within three to
14 days of infection and last for three to six
days, and people should consult a physician
for any illness suspected to be West Nile
virus, according to the release.
Individuals facing a mosquito problemin
the area can call the Mosquito Hotline at
(806) 775-3110.
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Texas Tech hosted the annual State Employee Charitable
Campaign kickoff from 3-5 p.m. on Tuesday at the West Club
Level of Jones AT&T Stadium.
David Abercia, who manages the SECC for the Tech System
administration and university, said the importance of the kickoff
was to raise awareness for this year’s SECC campaign.
The official campaign typically runs from Sept. 1 through Oct.
31 annually, according to the Texas SECC website.
“We like to do this right after Labor Day to raise awareness
and get people to fill out their pledge forms and make their pledge
early,” Abercia said, “and try to get everything done as possible
before our short window closes.”
In 1993, the Texas Legislature passed a law that requires
state agencies, including public higher-education institutions,
to run a state employee charitable campaign, according to the
Tech SECC website.

Each fall, Tech employees learn about the charities in the
SECC and choose which ones they would like to help, according
to the website. The next step is to fill out a pledge form to indicate
how much the employee would like to donate to which group.
According to the website, employees can make a one-time
gift by cash or check. Another option is to deduct the donation
from each paycheck beginning Jan. 1.
The first SECC campaign was in 1994 and Tech has run one
every year, Abercia said.
The first campaign raised $2,027,751, and 18 years later,
the campaign exceeded $9.49 million in 2012, according to
the website.
Last year, the Tech family, which includes Tech, the Health
Sciences Center and the System administration, raised more
than $752,000, Abercia said. Lubbock is part of the greater
West Texas area, which includes Abilene, Midland and Odessa.
Between those areas, we raised more than $820,000 was raised.
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TEXAS TECH EMPLOYEES speak with representatives from the Morris Safe House Foundation at the annual kickoff
for the State Employee Charitable Campaign on Tuesday in the West Club Level of Jones AT&T Stadium. Attendees had
a chance to meet with more than 30 agencies.

United Way announces $5 million goal
By CARSON WILSON
Staff Writer

Lubbock United Way announced its highest goal since its
creation, with the 2013 goal totaling $5,653,434.
United Way hosted its annual campaign kickoff luncheon
at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Banquet Hall on
Thursday.
There were more than 750 volunteers and supporters in
attendance, according to a news release. The keynote speaker
was Texas Tech alumnus and international attorney, Mark
Lanier.
The 2013 campaign chairman, Brad Moran, announced
this year’s campaign goal would be $5,653,434, according to
the release.
“This is the largest goal that has ever been set by United
Way,” he said in the release, “but I have no doubt that we
can and will achieve it.”
According to the United Way website, its vision is to

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help individuals and families achieve their potential through
education, income stability and healthy lives.
Money raised during the campaign is reinvested in the
Lubbock area through United Way’s 23 Community Partners,
according to the release. These partners address issues facing
the Lubbock community, such as early childhood learning,
adult illiteracy and disaster relief.
Real Estate division chairwoman, Debora Perez-Ruiz,
said area relators kicked off their campaign early and raised
$31,924. Eleven local businesses also ran their campaigns
before the beginning of the campaign. The total of the Real
Estate division and the 11 local businesses came out to a
combined total of $1,103,671, which represents 19.5 percent
of the overall campaign goal, according to the release.
A midcampaign report meeting will take place Oct. 17,
according to the release. The campaign will end with a report
meeting Dec. 3. Both events will take place in the civic center
banquet hall.
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POLICE BLOTTER
Officers investigate suspicious odors in residence halls
Friday
9:49 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer
investigated a traffic accident, with
minor injuries, that occurred in the
2500 block of 15th St. A vehicle
struck a bicycle. Emergency Medical
Services transported the cyclist to
University Medical Center.
10:21 a.m. — A Tech officer
investigated tampering with governmental records, which occurred
at West Hall. A nonstudent gave
an altered transcript to another
university and represented it as the
original.
11:38 a.m. — A Tech officer
investigated a theft, which occurred
at Holden Hall. A secured Mongoose
bicycle was taken.
2:33 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without
injuries, which occurred in the 2700
block of 7th St.
4:16 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft, which occurred near
the north entrance of the Leisure
Pool. An unsecured white iPhone
was taken.
Saturday
2:35 a.m. — A Tech officer
arrested a nonstudent for driving
while intoxicated, which occurred
in the 2500 block of 17th St. The
nonstudent was transported to Lubbock County Jail. Lubbock Wrecker
Service impounded the nonstudent’s
vehicle.
9:00 a.m. — A Tech officer investigated a traffic accident, without
injuries, which occurred in the 2500

block of 15th St.
1:31 p.m. — A Tech officer
arrested a nonstudent for driving
while license invalid and possession
of a controlled substance (Hydrocodone), following a traffic stop in
the 700 block of Akron Ave. The
nonstudent was transported to Lubbock County Jail. Lubbock Wrecker
Service impounded the vehicle.
Sunday
1:57 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a nonstudent for driving while
intoxicated with a child younger
than 15 years old and driving while
license invalid, which occurred in
the 3300 block of Second Place. The
nonstudent was transported to Lubbock County Jail. Lubbock Wrecker
Service impounded the nonstudent’s
vehicle. The child passenger was
released to a family member.
2:58 a.m. — A Tech officer
investigated an assault, which occurred on the second floor of Gates
Residence Hall. An unknown male
shoved a male student. The student
did not wish to file criminal charges.
A student who lived in the room
where the assault occurred was issued a Lubbock County citation for
consumption of alcohol by a minor.
The student signed the citation and
was released.
5:19 p.m. — A Tech officer issued
a student a Lubbock County citation
for possession of drug paraphernalia,
following an investigation into a
suspicious odor at Coleman Residence Hall.

9:18 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a nonstudent for driving while
license invalid, following a traffic
stop in the 300 block of Indiana Ave.
The nonstudent was transported to
Lubbock County Jail. The vehicle
was released to a responsible person.
9:44 p.m. — A Tech officer
detained two students following a report of a suspicious odor at Murdough
Residence Hall. One of the students
was issued a Lubbock County citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and was released. The other
student was issued a Lubbock County
citation for consumption of alcohol
by a minor and was released.
Monday
12:12 p.m. — A Tech officer investigated a theft, which occurred at
Bledsoe Residence Hall. Several unattended clothing items were taken.
9:29 p.m. — A Tech officer issued
a student a Lubbock County citation
for possession of alcohol by a minor
following a welfare check, which occurred in the Z4P parking lot.
Tuesday
1:15 a.m. — A Tech officer arrested a nonstudent for public intoxication following a welfare check in
the C2 parking lot. The nonstudent
was seen falling on the ground in
the intersection of Marsha Sharp
and University Avenue while exiting a vehicle. The nonstudent was
transported to Lubbock County Jail.
Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.

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“Boy Scouts foolishly allowed
ourselves to be trapped into a
divisive conversation by a small
activist group whose agenda is the
destruction of Boy Scouts,” he said
in the statement. “This group said
they are concerned about the kids,
but their own surveys and statistics shows that that was a lie. The
majority of Scouters and Scouts
wanted Boy Scouts left alone.”
Scarborough said he believes
the statistics show most members
of the organization wanted the
Scouts to keep the policy of banning gay scouts, and the decision
to allow gay scouts membership
will ultimately drive away many
members in January, which is
when the policy goes into effect.
On the other end of the spectrum, many supporters of the
decision to allow gay scouts in the

organization believe the decision
will promote tolerance in the nation. The Boy Scouts of America
released a statement on their website stating their reason behind
the policy allowing homosexual
scouts in the organization.
“While people have different
opinions about this policy, we can
all agree that kids are better off
when they are in Scouting,” the
Boy Scouts statement read. “Going forward, our Scouting family
will continue to focus on reaching and serving youth in order to
help them grow into good, strong
citizens.”
When the policy allowing gay
scouts becomes active, Scarborough said his family will leave
the Scouts in an honorable and
godly way.

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Later in the article, Justice Antonin Scalia defends his decision
to have a dissenting opinion on
the case, saying that overturning
DOMA will create havoc in local
courts in states that do not recognize same-sex marriage.
In May, the Boy Scouts of
America decided to allow gay
scouts to be in the organization.
One person who believes sexuality should be left out of the
Scouts is Scott Scarborough.
Scarborough, the organizer of the
Lubbock rally to keep homosexuality out of the Scouts, released a
statement in June expressing his
disappointment of the Boy Scouts
of America.

SECC↵

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Thirty agencies that benefit from
the donations made to the SECC were
in attendance at the kickoff.
Sandy Wilder, who represented
Global Impact, was not only there
to inform Tech employees about her
agency, but also to express her ap-

preciation.
“I’m here to spread the word and
to also say thank you,” Wilder said,
“because the campaign here in the
Lubbock area is a really good campaign
for Global Impact and for our member
charities.”
In the 2012 state employee charitable campaign, Global Impact charities
were able to raise $26,000, Wilder said.
“That’s a lot of money making a

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huge difference for close to 400 million
people internationally,” she said.
President M. Duane Nellis also was
in attendance and spoke at the kickoff.
Nellis showed his appreciation for last
year’s campaign and encouraged others
to give back to the public.
“This is about what we give back to
this wonderful community that benefits
us all,” Nellis said.
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Boehner’s aboard: Obama gains Syria-strike support
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama gained ground
Tuesday in his drive for congressional
backing of a military strike against
Syria, winning critical support from
House Speaker John Boehner while
administration officials agreed to
explicitly rule out the use of U.S.
combat troops in retaliation for a
chemical weapons attack.
“You’re probably going to win”
Congress’ backing, Rand Paul of

Kentucky, a conservative senator
and likely opponent of the measure, conceded in a late-afternoon
exchange with Secretary of State
John Kerry.
The leader of House Republicans, Boehner emerged from a meeting at the White House and said the
United States has “enemies around
the world that need to understand
that we’re not going to tolerate this
type of behavior. We also have allies

around the world and allies in the
region who also need to know that
America will be there and stand up
when it’s necessary.”
Boehner spoke as lawmakers in
both parties called for changes in
the president’s requested legislation,
rewriting it to restrict the type and
duration of any military action that
would be authorized, possibly including a ban on U.S. combat forces on
the ground.

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Generations respond to twerking craze
By ASHLYN TUBBS
Staff Writer

One of the latest trends also is
considered a controversy.
Made viral by YouTube videos,
social media apps such as Vine, and
celebrities, this craze has made lead
headlines at CNN and news outlets
worldwide.
It also has created a new vocabulary word.
Known as “twerking,” this popular
dance move is defined in Britain’s
Oxford Dictionary as a “dance to
popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip
movements and a low, squatting
stance,” and it is generating different
viewpoints among many generations
of people.
“I don’t think there’s any tasteful
way to do twerking,” said Hannah
English, a freshman exercise and sport
sciences major from Austin, “but
if you’re good at it then sometimes
it’s OK.”
Twerking became viral in particular last week, when celebrity Miley
Cyrus performed the dance move
onstage with Robin Thicke at the
2013 MTV Video Music Awards,
scantily clothed in a nude-colored
latex bikini.
“I was like, embarrassed for her,”
said Campbell Robertson, a freshman
agricultural communications major
from Flower Mound. “I wanted to run
up there and wrap clothes around her
body. I’m a pretty modest person, so I
was shocked.”
Robertson is not the only one who
immediately reacted to Cyrus’ performance, though. According to a NBC
News article, Cyrus’ performance
received 306,100 tweets per minute
with a total of 4.5 million mentions.
“If nothing else, she’s getting attention for it,” said Ann Rodriguez,
a journalism and public relations
professor, “and yes, it’s a lot of negative attention, but if you believe the
old saying, ‘There’s no such thing
as bad PR’, she’s got her name back
out there.”
Yesterday, Cyrus released a comment for the first time about her

VMA twerking performance in a
CNN article.
“You are thinking about it more
than I thought about it when I did it,”
she said in the article. “I didn’t even
think about it when I did it because
that’s just me.”
Not all celebrities are promoting
this dancing style, though. Harry
Styles, a 19-year-old member of the
band One Direction, said in an US
Weekly Magazine article that twerking is inappropriate and promotes
promiscuity.
Among the Texas Tech campus,
some people agree with Styles’ point
of view, but others agree with Cyrus’
opinion that the dance is not a big
deal.
Thomas Peacock, a freshman
business major from Spring, said he
has no problem with twerking. Called
the “best male-twerker on campus”
by his friends, he said he has actually
won two separate dance competitions for his twerking: once at Red
Raider Orientation and the other at
a hockey game.
“I like to twerk anywhere were
people can admire my skills, honestly,” he said.
Philip Arabome, a sophomore
journalism major from Long Beach,
Calif., said he thinks twerking is entertaining when it is done by girls who
cannot dance, but that he, personally,
would never do the dance move.
“Guys typically don’t do it,” he
said, “unless maybe if they’re intoxicated.”
Bianca Brown, a freshman biology
major from Killeen, is very familiar
with the term twerking, which she
said she first heard two years ago.
She said she does the dance with
her friends.
“We do a little bit of everything,”
Brown said. “We hang out and twerk,
or we exercise and twerk at the hiphop dance class.”
However, Rodriguez only became familiar with the dance about
a month-and-a-half ago from her
daughters, who learned from music
videos.
“It’s a little disturbing to see my
11-and 12-year-olds dancing like that,

but one – they’re not very good at it,
and two – it’s the old saying, ‘Kids
these days’,” she said. “I wouldn’t do
it, but I don’t see the big deal with
them doing it.”
Roger Saathoff, an associate professor in the College of Media and
Communication, said he had never
heard of twerking before Cyrus’ VMA
performance.
“At first, I thought they were
doing a play on words,” he said, “of
working, somehow.”
He searched for the term online,
viewed a YouTube video about the
dance and said he saw unbelievable
things.
“There are generational differences that would apply there,” Saathoff
said. “Yes, it was different, and yes, I
did see that.”
Saathoff’s opinion of twerking
comes from two different perspectives: as a professor and as a father. He
said he is leaning toward a conservative viewpoint, though.
“It’s maybe not even the most
attractive way to present yourself,
or the most attractive thing to do,”
he said. “But it seems to be popular
within the culture.”
Rodriguez believes differently,
however. She said twerking does not
really shock or bother her at all.
“I mean, why not let kids be kids
and why not let kids have their own
way of communicating?” she said,
“It’s a style. When we’re dancing,
we’re communicating something.
Maybe it’s just that we’re having fun,
sometimes it’s sexual, but it doesn’t
have to be.”
Twerking becomes sexual depending on the context and how
the person dancing is clothed, Rodriguez said, such as Cyrus’ style at
the VMAs.
“It was so sexual the way she did
it at the VMAs, and it was maybe a
little inappropriate,” she said. “And
she’s an adult and she can do what
she wants to, but it made people uncomfortable. If you looked at people
in the audience, there were some
people who looked like ‘When is this
going to end?’”
As for Bill Dean, executive

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STUDENTS JOIN HIP hop dance instructor Haley Hanson, a junior business major from Midlothian, on
stage on Tuesday in the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center.

director of the Tech Alumni Association and an associate professor in
the College of Media and Communication, he said twerking does not
look like unfamiliar choreography
to him.
“College students have been shaking their bottoms forever,” he said. “I
don’t see anything new with that.”
When he attended college in the
late 1950s and early 1960s, Dean said
the dancing trends he participated in
also were controversial.
“We did the twist and our parents
thought it was just awful,” he said.
“But, it’s just a way of expressing
yourself, I guess.”
Dances that were popular when
Saathoff attended college in the
1970s had names such as the British invasion, the Freddy, the pony
and the locomotion. He said he
remembers the controversial dance
that alarmed parents of that decade
as “the alligator.”
“They were not as energetic as
what twerking seems to be, and there
were not as many moves or as fast or
anything like that,” he said, “but there

CBS, Time Warner deal ends NY, LA, Dallas blackout
NEW YORK (AP) — A
monthlong standoff that prevented millions of viewers from
watching hit shows like “Under
the Dome” and “NCIS” — and
threatened to interfere with the
start of football season — ended
Monday after Time Warner
Cable and CBS Corp. resolved
a programming dispute.
The deal covers more than
3 million homes in New York,
Dallas and Los Angeles that
hadn’t been able to receive
programming from CBS or CBSowned channels since Aug. 2.
Broadcasting resumed Monday
evening on the East Coast.
The companies had been
fighting over how much Time
Warner Cable Inc. would pay for
programming on CBS and other
channels, including Showtime

Networks, CBS Sports Network
and the Smithsonian channel.
Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.
The agreement includes retransmission fees the cable operator pays to CBS per subscriber,
which had been a sticking point.
The disagreement came at a
touchy time for networks and
cable companies as more and
more Americans are turning to
alternative ways to watch TV,
including online or on Internetconnected TVs. Added pressure
was on the two companies to
reach an agreement with CBS
holding deals to broadcast NFL
and Southeastern Conference
football, as well as the start of
the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
The blackout affected about

1.1 million of New York’s 7.4
million television households
that get CBS. An estimated 1.3
million of 5.6 million households
in Los Angeles were blacked out,
along with 400,000 of Dallas’ 2.6
million TV homes, CBS said.
Those are three of the nation’s
five most populous television
markets.
CBS estimated the blackout
cut the network’s national viewership by about 1 percent.
The talks were being closely
watched beyond these companies and their customers because
of the idea that a retransmission
agreement would set a precedent
for future negotiations between
networks and cable or satellite
companies. Another point of
contention was the cable operator’s access to CBS material for

on-demand or mobile device
viewing.
“While we certainly didn’t get
everything we wanted, ultimately we ended up in a much better
place than when we started,”
Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn
Britt said in a statement.
Mignon L. Clyburn, acting chairwoman of the Federal
Communications Commission,
issued a statement saying she was
“pleased CBS and Time Warner
Cable have resolved their retransmission consent negotiations, which for too long have
deprived millions of consumers
of access to CBS programming.”
In the end, she added, media
companies should “accept shared
responsibility” for putting their
audiences’ interests above other
interests.

were different steps.”
Rodriguez remembers attending
discos as a teenager in the late 1970s
and early 1980s, and said she is sure
her parents felt alarmed at the unfamiliar style of dancing as well.
“It wasn’t near the same as the
dancing they did,” she said. “The
movie ‘Dirty Dancing’ came out and
everyone was doing that and grinding and beginning to do that kind
of stuff.”
Although CNN caused controversy by covering Cyrus’ twerking
performance as a leading headline in

world news, Rodriguez said it did not
surprise her.
“There’s so many people who are
interested,” she said. “People want to
hear it and there’s an audience for it
because that’s what people are talking
about as a nation.”
As more news outlets cover twerking as newsworthy topics, Saathoff
said it is conveying a difference
between generations.
“It doesn’t mean it is right or
wrong,” he said. “It’s different. And
different is OK.”
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Popular vision of masculinity changed, distorted
Jakob
Reynolds
gent, nerdy or otherwise “nice-guy”
types whose only hope is to rely on
their stability and dependability to
win women over after the alphas
have had their fun.
Of course, this incredibly sexist
and intellectually flawed concept
is nothing new. Virtually every guy
in the U.S. who has been in a high
school locker room has heard this
discussion. From what I’ve seen,
men’s rights websites try to explain
a decline in masculinity and portray
their concept of betas as products
of the growing matriarchal society
brought about by the feminist
agenda.
However ridiculous as that
may sound, if there is any valid
point men’s rights advocates have
brought to the forefront, it is that
many guys of my generation and
those coming after us really do
not have much as far as male role

models are concerned. There are
growing numbers of boys being
raised by single mothers. A weakened economy means those who
do have more than one parent get
less time around them because the
parents work longer hours.
Boys who
grow up in
poorer communities often are
initiated into
gangs and become criminals
because members of those
groups are their
only strong
male role models. We do not
have the benefit our fathers
had of having
a generation to
look up to that
saved the world from Nazis and
imperialists. Instead, we have the
media that markets its idea of men
as hypermasculine, materialistic
and shallow.
It should come as no surprise
some guys have grown frustrated
with a diminishing number of

“

masculine men. However, what’s
most unfortunate about this situation is there seems to be a number
of misconceptions being spread
about which qualities respectable, successful men possess, and
they’re being spread to the young
and impressionable guys of my
generation and
those after us.
During my
own brief time
in this world
and through my
experience as an
Eagle Scout and
as a member of
Phi Mu Alpha,
I’ve come to a
few conclusions
about the two
most important
qualities “real”
men have.
One of the biggest things respectable men do is hold themselves
to a certain degree of accountability
for their actions. Maintaining one’s
integrity and holding oneself to a
set of standards in one’s decision
making allows a man to lead his
life with conviction while instilling

Personal integrity
is an important
characteristic of
manliness an
increasing number
of men seem to be
lacking.

“

D

uring the summer, I
really got into StumbleUpon, which allows me
to search for things I’m vaguely
interested in without doing any actual thinking on my part — which
is really unlike me, but summer is
for kicking back. It’s amazing what
you can find on StumbleUpon after
choosing what interests you. One
of these choices is called “Men’s
Issues,” which mostly consists of
style guides, pin-ups and cool gadgets most guys my age can’t afford.
Every now and again, I’ll stumble upon (no pun intended) a blog
dedicated to “Men’s Rights” or an
opinion article either decrying
feminism or the feminization of
Western society, or attempting to
push the writer’s idea of manliness onto the male readers. The
concepts of what it means to be
manly usually involve lists of traits
possessed by an alpha male, such
as physical prowess, risk taking and
otherwise jockish behavior.
The vision of the glorious alpha
male usually is accompanied by
some reference to less-desirable
characteristics of beta males, who
are commonly described as providers, nonconfrontational, intelli-

confidence in himself and those he
interacts with.
This requires a certain degree
of original thought on what one
believes, be it in a religious moral
system or simply a self-established
ethical code to live by, which is
not always easy but, nonetheless,
rewarding.
Too many men in today’s society
compromise themselves on a regular basis to secure short-term gains.
Politicians sacrifice their personal
convictions or their oaths to serve
the interests of constituents for
corporate money. Students cheat
on exams to get a favorable grade
without actually learning the
material.
This means they will advance
into a career for which they will ultimately not be prepared. Personal
integrity is an important characteristic of manliness an increasing
number of men seem to be lacking.
The other crucial characteristic
I was taught men should have, yet
is coming in increasingly short
supply in today’s society, is respect.
Respecting others doesn’t simply
involve being polite, such as opening doors for women because mom
taught you to, or refraining from

berating those who don’t agree with
you in conversation.
The mark of a mature man is his
ability to respect others’ time and
goals by fulfilling his obligations to
them because they depend on him.
It is his ability to respect others’
beliefs because he is confident and
secure in his own. It is his ability
to respect the boundaries of others
by exercising self-control because
he recognizes his words and actions impact the lives of others in
profound ways.
An innumerable amount of
problems our country has faced in
recent years in foreign policy and at
home could be solved if we showed
respect for others in these ways.
Manliness is not being arrogant
and acting out in the hopes of being
noticed by others, nor is it being
subservient and dependent on
one’s ability to please other people.
Instead, what our society should
strive to teach men and boys is to
respect themselves by living with
conviction and integrity and showing that same respect to others.
Reynolds is a senior music major
from Lubbock.
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Personal interactions important for shaping society’s future
Mollie
Johnson
But since I don’t know them,
their discomfort in a stranger smiling
at them does not offend me. I think
our age group as a whole is becoming
very impersonal and anti-social in
some ways, and I believe this is going
to greatly change the world in which
we live. Change can be a good thing,
but in this case I believe this avoidance of face-to-face interaction may
become a problem for our futures.
In just a few short years, our

generation will run the show. What
job we end up pursuing is irrelevant.
Whether someone is a doctor or
garbage collector, each is helping society function at
equal levels. Try
and imagine life
with no doctors
or garbage collectors. Neither
presents pretty
imagery.
To p u t i t
plainly, we are
extremely important, but it
just isn’t our
time to shine right now. This
means what we think, the skills we
have and what we do with them
are of grave importance. That is

“

what scares me.
I understand that now we feel
young and somewhat unimportant,
so it’s sometimes hard to clearly see
ahead to when
our skills are going to matter.
However, college is the time
to acquire these
skills, and the
ability to engage
in interpersonal
relations is a vital one. When
we are the shining stars of the
world, we have to be able to interact
with others—even others we might
not know—to accomplish tasks and
keep society functioning.

Our age group as a
whole is becoming
very impersonal
and anti-social in
some ways.

“

A

s I’m walking across
campus, I sometimes
see people and smile at
them. They immediately gaze down
at their shoes, stare into their phone
or look the other direction. As a student who walks this lovely campus
on a regular basis, I’ve noticed this is
not an uncommon trend these days.
Smiling at people as I go is just
a habit I’ve gotten into. After the
first time I came across someone who
thought the ground must be more interesting than whoever was around,
I habitually kept smiling at people
and noticed when others responded
quite awkwardly. I’m not writing
about this as a pity party or to rant
about people’s lack of courteousness.
If I knew these people personally, it
would hurt.

If we as a culture have to stare
down at our phone to look for people
who aren’t there when someone
smiles at us, how are we going to lead
one day? I don’t think it’s good for
people to never be in the real world
around people who you can’t turn off
when you’re tired of them.
In the real world, people and
situations can’t be turned off. If
one avoids it, the people and situations will be waiting for you again
later, and time and efficiency will
be wasted in the denial of the issue’s
existence. It’s good for your brain
to work all the way through these
small interactions now because even
though they may be silly or petty
interactions, one is learning how
to conduct and present oneself to
the world.

Ironically, I was walking around
campus one evening putting this column together in my head, and a car
full of people drove by. I smiled like
I always do, and one of the guys in
the backseat leaned his head out the
window and said they were going out
to eat and asked if I wanted to come.
That is definitely a step above
normal and more unusual than
simply smiling back. The gesture
restored a little of my faith in humanity and our generation. There
are people out there who can express
themselves, and we will have some
societal leaders in the future. I challenge you to be one of them.
Johnson is a senior nutrition
major from McKinney.
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French pension trouble warning for US Federal student loans caught in middle
By MARSHALL BORNEMANN
The eagle (ameriCan U.)

EDITORIAL BOARD

AU students must recognize that
the U.S. cannot continue to push the
limits of platinum union packages.
France is a caricature of America’s
struggle to rein in finances critical
to healing a recovering economy.
France’s parliament is once more
moving to make the private sector
pay up, which does not sound too
different from U.S. Congress.
If a U.S. politician guaranteed
perks while raising taxes, chances
are that the public would slaughter
him or her at the polls. In Europe,
the playbook is different: perks –
particularly the benefits of France’s
pension system – are handed away
while seldom confronting the issue
of debt or deficits.
President François Hollande is
once again in the middle of a rightistleftist conflict concerning the underfunding of France’s retirement system.
The New York Times gathered the
current number at $12 billion dollars. This is unarguably a fraction

of American debt, over which labor
unions do not shed a tear.
Jean –Paul Fitoussi, an economics professor at the Institut d’Études
Politiques, highlights the government’s attempt at sidelining the issue. Fitoussi believes alterations will
not really upset anyone. Like most
government programs, the private
sector pays a certain amount in taxes
to maintain them.
Tax increases will typically be
the primary incubator behind the
program, but will be too small to
shock the private sector for the time
being. The left is retaliating because
the mandate that public sector employees contribute, for the first time,
creates penalties in order to receive
the full package.
“Everything is being done in homeopathic doses,” asserts Fitoussi in
a New York Times article. Given how
little current plans for reform deviate
from past plans, his observation carries credence.
The proposal has yet to reach the
liberal parliament, and supporters
may brainstorm additional checks

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Let’s start this column with
something we can all agree on:
College is very, very expensive and
it’s only getting more expensive.
In 2012, American Student Assistance said the average student
loan balance was $24,301. That
can only mean bad news for our
generation.
So why is college so expensive?
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faculty to the difficulty of attracting talent in a global market of
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Aug. 15, 2012 showed a shocking
1,120 percent increase in tuition
costs from 35 years ago – far more
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systems of government funding
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and financial aid.
For one, public schools are
steadily losing state funding and
turning more and more to their
students to cover the burdens. In
2011, The New York Times reported that for the first time American
public universities were receiving
more money from student tuition
than from state funding. In years
previous, I suppose the public was
willing to support higher education with taxes on the belief that
everyone benefited from living in
a society with educated citizens.
But, as state budgets become more
constrained every year, universities are often one of the first to
tighten their belts.
The aforementioned NPR
report said while public universities are raising tuition costs faster
than private ones, the dramatic
cost increases are still affecting
the whole of American higher
education, so state funding clearly
isn’t the only explanation. A huge
chunk of the blame lies with our
student loan system.
Most of the people reading this
column are probably using federal
student loans, government-backed
loans that can be borrowed fairly
easily. If a university knows that
its students want their degrees desperately enough – both for career
prospects and social expectations
– and it knows that its students
have access to huge amounts of
cheap money, what incentive
does the university have to keep
tuition low?
Ordinarily, one might expect
competition among schools to
keep their costs down just because
of a simple supply-and-demand
curve, but readily available student loans seem to have skewed
the demand side. In other words
there is a market, but I wouldn’t
call it a free market. I always hate
hearing proposals to increase the
borrowing limit instead of con-

trolling costs or reducing student
loan interest rates or anything
else that might actually address
the problem.
On one hand, if post-secondary
education were left more to private
enterprise, universities would have
tremendous incentive to cut costs
if they were desperately worrying
about losing students who can’t
pay their tuition. Even aside from
the benefits of competition, one
can imagine how much cheaper
K-State might be if it couldn’t
count on students to easily come
up with $15,000 for tuition and
board every year.
On the other hand, the government solution would also be
an improvement over the present. Though Americans tend to
have a knee-jerk reaction against
anything that costs tax money,
we wouldn’t see students tens of
thousands of dollars in debt from
a well-funded public university
system that can’t take advantage
of a skewed market to raise tuition
faster than inflation. Even giving
the government a price negotiation power or a cap on tuition
increases could ease our burden.
A public university system could
coexist with private universities
competing in a free market – i.e., a
very different market than the one
we know – and perhaps that would
offer us the best of both worlds.
We’re used to solving problems with compromises but, as we
learned with the case of slavery,
meeting in the middle doesn’t
always guarantee the most effective solution. Federal student
loans are a curious and problematic coupling of both private and
public solutions to schooling.
Government backing of loans that
still end up placing the burden
on students gives us the worst of
both worlds, a middle ground that
doesn’t capture the advantages of
either side.

Beautiful people and the enthusiasm is why Randy Rogers and his
band keep coming back to Lubbock.
Having a couple of bandmates
who are Texas Tech alumni doesn’t
hurt Lubbock’s appeal either.
“They’re better looking,” Rogers
said. “Lubbock has that reputation
having beautiful people. “
He said he remembered nights
where he and his band would hangout at the local bar Blue Light when

they were first starting out.
One of his favorite memories
of being in the Hub city, Rogers
said, included a search for the grave
of one of Lubbock’s most famous
musicians.
“One night, the band and I tried
to find Buddy Holly’s grave,” he said.
“We hopped the tour bus, and we
jumped the fence — we were just
scared that we were going to get
arrested. That’s a good one for me.”
Rogers said the highlight of his
career so far was opening a concert
for another Texan country star at

Reliant Stadium in Houston.
“Opening for George Strait,” he
said. “Anything that I’ve done with
George Strait or Willie Nelson.”
The Randy Rogers Band has had
successful singles on the country
charts, but he said he does not see
the band reaching the superstar status of other country stars. However,
Rogers said this was not a problem.
“In Texas, you get two options, if
you’re going to be in a band you’re
going to have to know how to write
a song and you will have to be able
to back it up,” he said. “You think

Romania opens museum on dictator’s final moments
TARGOVISTE, Romania
(AP) — More than 20 years after Communist dictator Nicolae
Ceausescu and his wife, Elena,
were convicted of genocide and
executed in Romania, the country
opened a museum about the last
two days of their lives during the
country’s pro-democracy uprising.
The museum is located in a
military building where the trial
and executions took place in Targoviste, a town 80 kilometers (50
miles) northwest of Bucharest.
Ceausescu had ruled Romania
for nearly 25 years with an iron
fist. Museum visitors will be able
to see metal plates that he and
his wife ate on, the beds where
they slept, and a tiny improvised
courtroom where they faced a
hastily conducted trial before a

special military tribunal. The place
where they were fatally shot on
Christmas Day, 1989, at 2:45 p.m.
also is showcased.
On Tuesday, Gen. Andrei Kemenci, the former commander of
the garrison located in the building, took journalists on a tour of
the museum. He said Ceausescu
was dissatisfied that he was only
given brown bread and sweets to
eat there. Kemenci also said the
leader asked for a change of clothes
and to borrow money to spend at a
military canteen.
In 1989, Romanian forces shot
and killed about 1,100 people conducting anti-communist demonstrations, most of them unarmed.
On Dec. 22, the Ceausescus
fled Bucharest in a helicopter after
they were booed by a crowd and

about Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen,
think about the guys that blazed the
trail for all the rest of us. You got to
write a song and stand on stage and
sing it. You know, I think that’s what
makes Texas music legit.”
For Rogers, songwriting is a type
of therapy and an outlet.
He said the start of his songwriting began with one simple
word.
“Girls. When I wrote songs, I
was just trying to show off,” Rogers
said. “If anyone tells you otherwise
they’re lying — P.S. We’re all trying

to be cool.”
Caitlin Trevino, an accounting
graduate student from Cypress, said
his songwriting makes him stand out
from other artists.
Rogers’ songs about love and
heartbreak really hit home to students, she said.
“As a college student, this is our
prime thing right now,” Trevino
said. “When we listen to music,
you want it to appeal to what we’re
feeling.”
Rogers said the band will get
back to recording a new live album

in October and next year they will
begin recording their next studio
album.
Regardless of their state and
national success, the band does not
plan on leaving the Texas country
scene. Rogers said the band is not
after anything but making records,
touring and making a living doing
what they love do to.
“I feel like we are hardworking,
good-spirited bunch of guys who
want to make a living playing music,” he said.
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hours after Defense Minister Vasile
Milea apparently committed suicide. Abandoned by the helicopter
pilot and most of the leader’s aides,
the Ceausescus then hitchhiked
and ended up in Targoviste, where
they were arrested by police.
On Dec. 24 provisional leaders
who took over after the Ceausescus
fled Bucharest decided the couple
would stand trial the next day.
The trial lasted just two hours
during which the defendants
said they did not recognize the
legitimacy of the court and called
former aides attending the trial
“traitors.” Both were convicted
and immediately executed in the
building’s courtyard.
The museum will open to the
public later this month, with tickets costing 7 lei ($2.10).

NY case puts N-word use among blacks on trial
NEW YORK (AP) — In a case
that gave a legal airing to the debate
over use of the N-word among blacks,
a federal jury has rejected a black
manager’s argument that it was a
term of love and endearment when
he aimed it at black employee.
Jurors awarded $30,000 in punitive damages Tuesday after finding last
week that the manager’s four-minute
rant was hostile and discriminatory,
and awarding $250,000 in compensatory damages.
The case against Rob Carmona
and the employment agency he
founded, STRIVE East Harlem,
hinged on the what some see as a
complex double standard surrounding
the word: It’s a degrading slur when
uttered by whites but can be used at
times with impunity among blacks.
But 38-year-old Brandi Johnson
told jurors that being black didn’t
make it any less hurtful when Carmona repeatedly targeted her with
the slur during a March 2012 tirade
about inappropriate workplace attire
and unprofessional behavior.
Johnson, who taped the remarks
after her complaints about his verbal
abuse were disregarded, said she fled to
the restroom and cried for 45 minutes.
“I was offended. I was hurt. I felt
degraded. I felt disrespected. I was
embarrassed,” Johnson testified.
The jury ordered Carmona to pay
$25,000 in punitive damages and
STRIVE to pay $5,000.
Outside court after her victory,
Johnson said she was “very happy”
and rejected Carmona’s claims from
the witness stand Tuesday that the
verdict made him realize he needs to
“take stock” of how he communicates
with people he is trying to help.
“I come from a different time,”
Carmona said hesitantly, wiping his
eyes repeatedly with a cloth.
“So now, now you’re sorry?” Johnson said outside court, saying she
doubted his sincerity and noting
Carmona had refused to apologize to
her in court last week. She said he
should have been sorry on March 14,
2012, “the day when he told me the
N-word eight times.”
Her lawyer, Marjorie M. Sharpe,
said she hoped the case sent a strong
message to those who “have tried to
take the sting out of the N-word. ...
It’s the most offensive word in the
English language.”
Carmona left the courthouse
without immediately commenting,
as did all eight jurors.
In a statement, STRIVE said it was
disappointed but was exploring its options, including an appeal and looking
forward to the “judicial process taking
its entire course.”
It also cited Johnson as a “prime
example of the second chances that
STRIVE provides to both its participants and nonparticipants alike.”
It noted that Johnson, who was
never a STRIVE participant, was
employed there despite a previous
conviction for grand larceny that
required her to pay about $100,000
in restitution. The judge barred

lawyers from telling jurors about the
conviction.
In closing arguments, Sharpe had
said Carmona’s use of the word was
intended to offend “and any evidence
that defendants put forth to the contrary is simply ridiculous.”
“When you use the word nigger to
an African-American, no matter how
many alternative definitions that you
may try to substitute with the word
nigger, that is no different than calling a Hispanic by the worst possible
word you can call a Hispanic, calling
a homosexual male the worst possible
word that you can call a homosexual
male,” Sharpe told jurors.
But Carmona’s lawyers said the
61-year-old black man of Puerto
Rican descent had a much different
experience with the word. Raised by
a single mother in a New York City
public housing project, he became
addicted to heroin in his teens and
broke it with the help of drug counselors who employed tough love and
tough language.
Carmona went on to earn a master’s degree from Columbia Univer-

sity before co-founding STRIVE in
the 1980s. Now, most of STRIVE’s
employees are black women, his attorney, Diane Krebs, told jurors in her
opening statement.
“And Mr. Carmona is himself
black, as you yourselves can see,”
Krebs said.
In his testimony, Carmona defended his use of the word, saying he
used it with Johnson to convey that
she was “too emotional, wrapped up
in her, at least the negative aspects of
human nature.”

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Red Raider Volleyball wins home opener
By DAWIT HAILE
AND REX ROSE

Big 12 Conference era after defeating ACU, according to a Texas Tech
news release.
Tech renewed its series with ACU
for the first time since 1983, winning
the first of two matches during the
2013 season. Tech leads the all-time
series 28-1, holding a 15-1 record with
matches played in Lubbock, according to the release.
Abilene Christian is in its first
season at the NCAA Division-I level
after joining the Southland Conference in July. The Wildcats have spent
the previous 40 years as a member of
the Lone Star Conference at the Division II level, according to the release.
Don Flora remains undefeated at
Tech in home-opening games, with
his third win coming against ACU.
The Red Raiders defeated Central
Arkansas during Flora’s first year in
2011 and Texas Pan-American during
Flora’s second season last year. Tech
had not won a home opener since
the 2007 season prior to his arrival at
Tech, according to the release.
Flora said he is pleased with the
team’s chemistry so far this season.
“Volleyball is the ultimate team
sport,” he said. “One person can’t
just take over, so you have to have
that dynamic. We are very blessed.
It doesn’t come easy, it’s hard work
and it’s a lot of time relating to your
teammates and dealing with your
teammates.
“It’s a really good environment
right now, really good trust and a

Staff WriterS

The Red Raiders volleyball team
won its home opener Tuesday night in
United Spirit Arena with a 3-0 sweep
against Abilene Christian.
Tech completed the game with
consecutive victories of 25-17, 25-17
and 25-19 sets against the Wildcats.
The Red Raiders continued their
dominance against non-conference
opponents, with a combined record
of 29-9 against out-of-league competitors under third-year coach Don
Flora. Flora has not lost to a nonconference opponent at home during
his two-plus seasons on the Tech
sidelines. The Red Raiders posted a
14-2 record in non-conference action
during Flora’s first season in 2011
and posted an 11-5 record last year,
according to a news release.
Flora said he feels good about the
home opener, but understands the
nerves that come with playing at
home for the first time in the season.
“As a staff, we’re pleased to get
out 3-0 in the home opener,” he said.
“There is always a little jitters with
putting on the uniform in front of
your family and friends and all those
people.”
This was the first of 13 matches
scheduled in United Spirit Arena for
the 2013 season. Tech is now 31-7
all-time in home openers since 1975.
This includes a 13-5 mark during the

really good level of, ‘I want to help
you because if you’re better, I’m better.’ Our individual growth and our
collective growth has been fantastic
this fall chemistry wise.”
The win Tuesday improved Tech’s
record to 4-1. This was the third
consecutive year the team won its
home opener in three consecutive
sets, according to the release.
Junior outside hitter Breeann
David continued her early season
success for the Red Raiders. Fresh off
of earning Co-Most Valuable Player
honors this weekend at the Wildcat
Invitational hosted by Weber State in
Ogden, Utah, David led the way for
the team against ACU with 17 kills
in the match.
The leadership that David is consistently displaying this season after
earning Co-MVP honors last weekend comes as no surprise, Flora said.
“Seeing Bree David just solidify
into a leading role as a sixth-rotation,
dominant, outside hitter, she was
dominant this weekend,” he said.
“You learn that about her growing up
and it’s nice to see her become and
upperclassman.”
Flora said he is pleased with the
maturation process he has seen in
David.
“Part of it is becoming a junior,
you know. She just needed to grow
up a little bit,” he said. “We put a lot
of pressure on her early in her career,
and she’s had a great two springs of
learning, a great two seasons. So now,

you’re seeing sort of that maturation
process happening, and she is becoming a very complete six-rotation
outside hitter.”
This performance marked the fifth
straight match for David with doubledigit kills to start the season, leading
the team in kills every game.
David said her success is credited
to the work she did in the spring after
injuring her ankle last season.
“You know, it was rough sitting
out last season with my ankle,” she
said. “I just worked really hard in the
spring to come out really strong this
season. I really just had that drive
and I’m just pushing to do my best
every game.”
David said it felt good for the Red
Raiders to get their first home win
after playing at a competitive level.
“It was really good, especially on
the first home game,” she said. “You
always want to get that first home
win under your belt, and I think we
went out there and really competed
tonight.”
The Red Raiders resume tournament play at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 6 in
Pullman, Wash. Tech will be participate in the Cugar Challenge hosted
by Washington State. They will open
the tournament against Montana and
the tournament host Washington
State on Friday before finishing the
two-day event against South Dakota
State and Eastern Washington on
Saturday.
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Multiple Receivers lead Tech offense
By EVERETT CORDER

first half and was made by junior transfer
student Jordan Davis. The touchdown
catch was Davis’ first as a Red Raider.
Tight end Jace Amaro said he
believes Davis will be a special weapon
for Tech this season, calling him the best
route-runner on the team.
“We were in trips on that and it was a
four vertical play,” Davis said of the Red
Raiders first scoring play. “I got open,
Baker (Mayfield) threw a great ball to
zip it in there, and somehow I got in.”
Another receiver to get his first
Red Raider touchdown in the game
was redshirt freshman Reginald Davis.
Davis scored with 2:40 left in the game,
breaking several tackles to get into the
end zone.
“That was good to see,” Kingsbury
said. “I don’t think we blocked one
person on that play. He did it all by

Staff Writer

The biggest storyline of Texas Tech’s
first football game of the season was
walk-on freshman quarterback Baker
Mayfield.
Mayfield’s 43 completed passes went
to 11 different receivers.
Four out of the five Red Raiders
touchdowns scored in the game came
after passing plays in the game against
the Mustangs on Friday and everyone
was caught by a different player.
“I would’ve liked (the offense) to
be a little more 50-50,” Tech coach
Kliff Kingsbury said. “But, I’ve said it
all along, if we can’t run it, we’re going
to throw it.”
The first Tech touchdown of the
game did not come until 1:01 left in the

himself. He’s still figuring out who he
is, but the sky’s the limit if he’ll just buy
in and work every day.”
The leading receiver for Tech was
senior Eric Ward. Ward caught 13 passes
accounting for 150 yards, marking his
eighth career game with more than 100
receiving yards.
Ward said to help out Mayfield in
his first collegiate game he tried to stay
prepared to catch the ball any time a
tough situation came up.
“(Mayfield) is a great guy, a great
athlete and the quarterback of the team,
and I’m looking forward to working with
him this year.” Ward said.
Throughout the first half, one main
piece of the Red Raiders’ receiving
core was missing in Amaro. Amaro was
forced to sit out the first half of Friday
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Senior Kennedy Kithuka was
announced as the Big 12 Conference Men’s Cross-Country Runner of the Week for his efforts
at Texas Tech’s season opener
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The Thika, Kenya, native
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the second half of the bowl game Tech
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Ward said when Amaro wasn’t
in the game the SMU defense played
more off-man coverage, but when
Amaro came in, they had to roll over
and put a man on him, which changed
the coverage.
“I mean, with Jace being out, it
played a huge role in our offense because
he’s a big target, and a big fella that contributes a lot to the offense,” Ward said.
The Red Raiders look to continue
their success with the passing game
Saturday when they play the Stephen
F. Austin Lumberjacks.
“We’re not going to take them
lightly,” Amaro said. “We’re going to go
out there and play as hard as we can and
try to score as many points as we can.”

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No. 1 Alabama finds plenty to improve
before playing No. 7 Texas A&M
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) —
Alabama center Ryan Kelly said the
postgame mood in the locker room
was subdued and players were upset
with their performance in the season
opener.
Never mind that the top-ranked
Crimson Tide beat Virginia Tech 3510 Saturday night. It wasn’t pristine
or dominant enough, especially on
offense, to satisfy the two-time defending national champions.
“Obviously we’re 1-0 but we knew
as a team afterward that we didn’t
make them quit,” he said Tuesday
night. “We felt like they walked away
with a better sense that they didn’t
let Alabama take control of them.
I think that’s what everybody was
disappointed about. We should have
played a lot better.”
The offense did sputter at times
during the game, when two touchdowns came on special teams and
one on an interception return. The

Tide likely won’t be able to afford
such uneven offensive play in next
week’s grudge match against Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel
and No. 7 Texas A&M in College
Station.
Alabama has an extra week to
prepare to face the only team to beat
the Tide last season.
The circumstances are decidedly
different from last season, when Alabama was fresh from a down-to-thewire win over LSU with a week to
prepare for Manziel and the Aggies’
fast-paced offense.
Texas A&M jumped ahead 20-0
after the first quarter en route to a
29-24 victory.
Coach Nick Saban said the Tide
won’t start working on Texas A&M
until Thursday’s practice, giving
them two extra days “which is usually
the most we do on a team.”
“But we have a lot of work to
do as a team to be able to play the

way we’re going to need to play to
have any chance of being successful
when we play out there against Texas
A&M,” he said.
Cornerback John Fulton said
Tide players have been hearing about
this game “since we lost” last year’s
meeting. Have they heard too much
about it?
“We won the national championship last year,” Fulton said, “so we’ll
be all right.”
The offense produced only 206
yards against the Hokies, who also
had four sacks. Kelly said there were
some first-game jitters among the
three new starting offensive linemen.
“We played hard. We didn’t
always play physical at times,” Kelly
said. “This week is very important,
because we can get back to what an
offensive line is about, and that’s being physical and making the D-line
quit. I think that’s what we’re going
to bring to Texas A&M.”